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TAMPA BAY — It’s back to the drawing board for the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team. And time is now a huge factor. With the 2018 Winter Olympic women’s hockey tournament in Pyeongchang, South Korea set to begin Feb. 10, the Canadians still have not figured out how to consistently beat the United States. That was supremely evident in […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Four years later the memory still stings like an open wound. It was on Dec. 22, 2013 that Bailey Bram was informed she would not be a member of the Canadian women’s hockey team at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Not unless somebody got hurt. “I was brought into a room and told, ‘Unfortunately at this point […]
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — Haley Irwin tells it as she sees it. Asked if she is happy with her progress in her courageous comeback from missing the better part of two full seasons, the veteran centre shook her head and quietly said, “The honest answer is no, I’m not where I want to be. I’m close and […]
Canadian Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds is one of three finalists for the National League MVP award. MLB announced Monday that Votto, Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton and Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt are the finalists in the NL, while Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, Jose Ramirez of the Cleveland Indians […]
When it comes to finding the two teams who will represent Canada in curling at the Olympics in February, the country has an embarrassment of riches on its hands. Nowhere else in the world is the talent pool so deep that a separate tournament is held to finalize the rinks who will have the right […]
This wine’s made by Gina,” my waiter says, as he fills my glass. The Gina in question is winemaker at Gaspereau Vineyards, one of several local suppliers of Halifax’s Chives Canadian Bistro. It’s impossibly cosy: candles flicker on wooden tables, and every meal starts with warm buttermilk biscuits. And the fact that the waiter is […]
Canadian figure skater Gabrielle Daleman leads the pack after the ladies’ short program at the Cup of China in Beijing. The Newmarket, Ont., native earned a score of 70.65 on Friday to narrowly edge Wakaba Higuchi of Japan at 70.53 and Russia’s Elena Radionova at 70.48. Skating to Carmen, Daleman opened with a triple toeloop and added a triple lutz and […]
With 100 days left before the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, there are still plenty of games for Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team general manager Sean Burke and his staff to watch, and plenty of questions to be answered. For instance, how will the injured Max Talbot perform when he returns to action after missing nine games […]
Nigel Dawes is having the sort of season in Russia that would have landed him a spot on the 2018 Canadian men’s Olympic team roster. In his seventh season with Astana Barys of the Kontinental Hockey League, the 32-year-old from Winnipeg has checked in with an eye-catching 18 goals in his first 18 games. But […]
As the NHL opened its season, Canada’s potential Olympic starting goaltender was half a world away. On the edge of Russia’s Ural mountains, Ben Scrivens suited up for Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Kontinental Hockey League, taking on Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk’s SKA St. Petersburg. Scrivens was pulled after giving up four goals to […]
